Extra, Extra

Rescission Division: “The administration’s first effort to push through what is known as a ‘pocket rescission.’ It is an effort to unilaterally claw back money that has already been appropriated by waiting so late in the fiscal year to make the request that lawmakers do not have time to reject it before the funding expires.” Defying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid. (Hard to imagine the Congress will stand up, even for its own role in government.)

+ Dr Demento: “I’m not sure where he’s getting his information other than Substacks that are erroneous.” The Atlantic (Gift Article): ‘It Feels Like the CDC Is Over.’ I covered this disaster yesterday: Rx Post Facto.

+ Unleveling the Playing Field: Texas governor signs new voting maps pushed by Trump to gain five GOP seats in Congress in 2026.

+ PreCheck PreEmpt: “Over time, the Transportation Security Administration program, which costs under $80 for five years, has become less exclusive as its membership numbers have soared to more than 22 million. Meanwhile, the standard security line has begun to resemble the PreCheck line, with the recently announced end of the shoe removal rule.” NYT (Gift Article): Does T.S.A. PreCheck Save Much Time at the Airport? We Looked at the Data.

+ Vet Threat: “Trump administration to end nearly all abortions even though third of female veterans are sexual assault survivors.” New Trump rule to ban VA abortions for veterans even in cases of rape and incest. (Attacking women’s health and veterans health at the same time. The maliciousness is getting more efficient.)

+ Secret is Out: Today in petty and pathetic… Trump revokes Secret Service protection for former Vice President Kamala Harris.

+ Con Found: “The information was key for a wrongful death case the survivor and the victim’s family were building against Tesla, but the company said it didn’t have the data. Then a self-described hacker, enlisted by the plaintiffs to decode the contents of a chip they recovered from the vehicle, found it while sipping a Venti-size hot chocolate at a South Florida Starbucks.” Tesla said it didn’t have key data in a fatal crash. Then a hacker found it.

+ You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Bloat: Fishermen Pulled In an Orange Shark Off Costa Rica: ‘My God, What Is This?’ (An orange shark? In the business, we call that a metaphor.)